Maintaining your balance is critical to not falling and injuring yourself. A recent article by Brenden Stack, D.D.S., M.S. and Anthony SIms, D.D.S. suggests there is a relationship with a persons posture, equilibrium, and the auriculotemporal nerve (sensory nerve to the TMJ) in patients that have disturbed gait and balance. Among the elderly, falls are [...]
I was recently reading a book “Sleep Medicine for Dentists” by G. Lavigne and P. Cistuli which state that obstructive sleep apnea cases often present with centrally obese individuals (large bellies) with accompanying sleepiness. When we look closer at these individuals we see compromises in cardiometabolic and neurobehavioral function. What this means is that nerves, [...]
Sara C. Mednick and James H. Fowler, both of the University of California, San Diego, and Nicholas A. Christakis of the Harvard Medical School mapped the social networks of 8,349 adolescents in grades 7-12. The study, published in the journal PLoS One, found clusters of poor sleep behavior and marijuana use that extended up to [...]
ScienceDaily (Dec. 26, 2009) — Going back for a second dessert after your holiday meal might not be the best strategy for living a long, cancer-free life say researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. That's because they've shown exactly how restricted calorie diets -- specifically in the form of restricted glucose -- help [...]
A strong association has been found between exclusive bottle-feeding and malocclusion. (SOURCE: The Journal of the Canadian Dental Association--1991) Your Jaws ~ Your Life (page 46) Backward forces of bottle and pacifier sucking constrict dental arches and jaws, dramatically increasing malocclusions. Sucking forces constrict the palatal bone that holds the teeth, especially in the upper [...]